The Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Scholarship Guide provides an outline of all scholarships, and is suitable for printing for your review or to share with family members. For Spanish version, please click here.
Transfer Promise Scholarship – $3,000 per year for two years (maximum of 4 semesters).
To be considered for a MTSU Transfer Promise Scholarship, students must be a first-time incoming transfer who plans to enroll at MTSU in the Summer or Fall semester. Students with a previous bachelor’s degree are not eligible. Students must have ALL of the following on file with the Admissions Office by February 15th to be considered for a scholarship:
No separate scholarship application is required for the Transfer Promise scholarship. Student will receive notification of the scholarship offer once they have met all of the requirements, including GPA & earned hours, IF they submitted all of the necessary paperwork by the February 15th deadline. Students can start in the Summer term and receive the award, but the award does not start until the Fall term. To take advantage of the scholarship offer, students must accept the scholarship by June 1 or by the deadline stated in the scholarship award notice! Instructions of how to accept the scholarship will be included in the scholarship award notice.
Students can receive this scholarship for up to two years (or 4 semesters) as long as the scholarship renewal eligibility requirements are met after each semester. Continuing Scholarship eligibility is checked after every Fall and Spring semester. In order to have the scholarship renewed,
This information is conveyed to students when they officially accept the scholarship offer via their Pipeline account.
The highest award given to a transfer student, fellowships are awarded by the University Honors College. Honors Transfer Fellows will receive $7,000 per year for 2 years; a limited number of recipients incurring out-of-state tuition costs may receive $14,000 per year. Recipients may additionally receive consideration for study-abroad scholarships. For more information and an application, please visit the Honors website.
The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship is available to transfer students who are members of PTK and who will be enrolling at MTSU for the first time in the summer or fall semester. Priority is given to transfer students who have been selected as members of the All-Tennessee Academic Team. Recipients will be awarded $4000 per year, and the scholarship is renewable for a second year.
Students must apply for this scholarship by submitting the online Scholarship Application by February 15th to be considered for an award for the following academic year. The Scholarship Application opens up every year on October 1st. To complete the scholarship application, go to www.mtsu.edu/scholarships/opportunities and login using your PipelineMT username and password. Once logged in, complete the General Scholarship Application and the Supplemental Question Scholarship Application to be considered for this particular scholarship.
Please contact the Admissions Office at (615) 898-2111 for additional information.
Students can receive this scholarship for up to two years (or 4 semesters) as long as the scholarship renewal eligibility requirements are met after each semester. Continuing Scholarship eligibility is checked after every Fall and Spring semester. In order to have the scholarship renewed,
This information is conveyed to students when they officially accept the scholarship offer.
MTSU offers approximately 700 endowed and other scholarships to approximately 2000 students each year through special programs sponsored by various academic and administrative departments. Application processes vary from department to department. Many of these Foundation and departmental scholarships require online applications or paper applications.
Most scholarships have an application deadline of February 15. After a scholarship deadline has passed, the application for that scholarship will no longer be accepted.
The Scholarship Application opens up every year on October 1st and closes February 15th. To complete the scholarship application, go to www.mtsu.edu/scholarships/opportunities and login using your PipelineMT username and password. Once logged in, complete the General Scholarship Application, along with any other applicable scholarship applications to be considered for all scholarships.
Information regarding four of our most popular areas of interest are noted below. Please be aware that this is not a comprehensive list, so you should additionally contact departments of interest to ask about scholarship opportunities and follow the instructions above to search the website for other opportunities.
If you are awarded a Foundation and/or Departmental Scholarship, you are expected to write a Thank You letter to the scholarship donor, showing your appreciation for the scholarship. Your Scholarship offer notification letter should include information regarding a Thank You letter.
Scholarships are made possible through the generous donations of corporations, professional associations, college alumni, and individual philanthropists. Those who provided your scholarship very much appreciate knowing about you and that the scholarship you are receiving made a difference. Your thank you letter acknowledges the importance of generous support for students like you.
Tips for writing a well-written Scholarship Thank You Letter:
For examples, please visit:
Please send your Scholarship Thank You Letters via postal mail to
Scholarship Program Name – Put the name of your Scholarship received here
c/o Stewardship Coordinator
MTSU Development Office Box 109
1301 East Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
If you have questions about the thank you letter, call the MTSU Development Office at 615-898-2502 or email [email protected].
If you are currently receiving a Tennessee Educational Lottery Scholarship (TELS) scholarship at another college or university, you will need to be sure that you complete the following steps so that your scholarship will follow you when you transfer to MTSU.
These steps are also applicable for students who are admitted into an Advanced degree program (i.e. Masters or Doctoral) at MTSU, who previously received TELS at a prior institution, who have remaining years of eligibility, and who graduated with their 1st baccalaureate degree on-or-after July 1, 2023.
If you are seeking an Advanced degree (i.e. Masters or Doctoral) – Submit all your prior high school, ACT/SAT, and college transcripts to the MTSU’s Graduate Admissions Office. The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) requires that MTSU verify both your initial and continuing TELS eligibility before awarding any TELS funds to either an Undergraduate or Graduate student.
Here is how to check your MTSU transcript:
If you are a Graduate student who has already received their baccalaureate degree on-or-after July 1, 2023 from an eligible Tennessee institution, and are now seeking an Advanced degree (i.e. Masters or Doctoral) at MTSU – When you have made MTSU your school of record with TSAC for the applicable award year, please complete the online TELS Graduate Transfer Notification form.
6. Are you transferring to MTSU mid-year?
If you are transferring to MTSU in the middle of the academic year (for example, if you transfer in the spring after attending another school in the fall), please be aware that you may not receive your lottery award prior to the fee payment deadline and the beginning of classes, depending on the timing of when you complete all steps for eligibility processing. MTSU is required by state policies to verify your initial and continuing eligibility, and this process cannot be completed until you have taken all steps noted above.
7. Are you transferring back to Tennessee after attending an out-of-state college or university?
If you were initially eligible for a TELS award upon completion of high school requirements, and were enrolled at a regionally accredited out-of-state post-secondary institution within 16 months after graduation, and are now transferring to an eligible Tennessee post-secondary institution, you may be eligible to receive the TELS award. If the above scenario applies to you, please contact the MT One Stop.
Please Note: If you received your baccalaureate degree from an out-of-state institution, and you are transferring to MTSU in pursuit of an Advanced degree (i.e. Masters or Doctoral), you are ineligible to receive TN Lottery Scholarships; regardless of your eligibility at the point of graduating from high school.
Tennessee residents may qualify for a variety of state-based aid programs, which include a need-based grant, several scholarships based on merit or other factors, and loan forgiveness programs for students in certain majors. These programs are administered through the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation.
Please contact the MT One Stop!
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